I was willing to give Ash a chance in Tests as he played well in series with ZIM. But, after the single digit scores in both tests, I am going to have to say - enough is enough! You had your last chance after your big talks that you are unfairly treated.

You couldn't perform when you were given one last chance. Thank you for everything over the years, but please see yourself out and don't ever come back!

I'm looking forward to see what our genius selectors have to say about this. I bet you they will be like, 'Ashraful form e chilo, tai bhablam domestic form international stage e continue korte parbe, kintu o bertho hoyeche'.

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Have we seen him bat in the nets? Have we played with him? Clearly, we know nothing about his practice-time heroics and thereby nothing about the game of cricket. He is the greatest batsman since Tendulkar and we're just armchair fans who need to go to a corner, be ashamed of ourselves and die.

And of course it's the selectors' fault - you can't expect a man of his stature to score more than a run in two innings. He's a great player and needs to be treated as such - for him to score, the conditions need to be ideal, with 12 year old bowlers bowling under-arm on a 36 yard long pitch with boundaries that end at the in-field. Or a net setting could work too. He is too great to play with the kind of ordinary bowlers Pakistan have to offer.

Have we seen him bat in the nets? Have we played with him? Clearly, we know nothing about his practice-time heroics and thereby nothing about the game of cricket. He is the greatest batsman since Tendulkar and we're just armchair fans who need to go to a corner, be ashamed of ourselves and die.

And of course it's the selectors' fault - you can't expect a man of his stature to score more than a run in two innings. He's a great player and needs to be treated as such - for him to score, the conditions need to be ideal, with 12 year old bowlers bowling under-arm on a 36 yard long pitch with boundaries that end at the in-field. Or a net setting could work too. He is too great to play within the amateurish constraints set by the ICC for international cricket and with the kind of ordinary bowlers Pakistan have to offer.

Originally Posted by Crisis
Nah man. If you are a pilot, you should be able to fly at any time, even if you haven't flown fo a year. You may have forgotten minor bits here and there, but u can still fly an aircraft.

yes,I still remember how to ride on a bicycle

on a serious note,no matter how many years he plays domestic & how many centuries he gets there, I don't think Ash has anything left in him to offer in international cricket.
isn't the last 10 years good enough to understand that?
I feel very sorry for the guy as he is such a great pleasure to watch when he is scoring.